95,000 held over drug crimes this year


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 17 Jul 2019

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 95,045 people were detained from Jan 1 to July 4 this year for drug-related offences that came with a total seizure worth RM250.66mil.

Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) acting director Datuk Kamarulza­man Mamat said 35,706 people had drugs in their possession, and 14,497 were involved in trafficking, while 44,842 tested positive for drugs.“Police also seized synthetic drugs, namely, syabu crystals weighing 4,234.74kg; ketamine (54.25kg); ecstasy pills (60.07kg); yaba pills (45.76kg) and Erimin 5 pills (35.05kg).

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